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[-] Socsa@sh.itjust.works 4 points 8 months ago

Does water service not come with a base volume in most places? Where I am, we have a base service fee of $20/m and that includes like the first 2000 gallons, and I struggle to even hit that most months. Jumping in a cold shower wouldn't actually save me any money .

[-] Boinkage@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago

In the US, I've never seen that on any water bill in my life. It's just dollars per gallon here.

[-] Socsa@sh.itjust.works 8 points 8 months ago

How closely have you looked at your bill? This has been the case in at least 3 different places in the US for me.

[-] Boinkage@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

Not insanely closely to be honest.

[-] tenacious_mucus@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 months ago

Same here, lived in a few different states and usually never got out of the first “tier” pricing bracket (where this billing method was used), so my water bills were pretty much to the penny the same every month.

[-] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Yeah, we have a base amount of water here. 2 people never got over base, with 3 we sometimes go over and have to pay more.

[-] Shadow@lemmy.ca 5 points 8 months ago

You're also paying for your heater to heat that water. If you don't use as much hot water, your electricity/gas bill should be slightly lower.

[-] dutchkimble@lemy.lol 1 points 8 months ago

I think it's a about heating the water and not the amount of water used

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